Stationery carrier



Sept. 16, 1952 L. K. FLEISCHMANN ET AL STATIONERY CARRIER 2 SHEETS-SHEET l Filed Nov. 19. 1949 L. K. FLEISCHMANN ET AL STATIONERY CARRIER Sept. 16, 1952 Flled Nov 19 1949 Patented Sept. 16, 1952 .2,610,723 s'rATroNERY CARRIER;

Lester. K. Fleischmann, Iiiglilandhv Park, p and i Bernard,A.,SAchroede1-, Winnetla, lll., assignors. torStandard Manifold Company, a ycorporation of Illinois f Applies-non Noi/emballe, 194aseria1 Namaste... f-

claims.' (01.1975141335 1" This inventionrelates to: aI stationery carrierr for lzig-zag4 f olded Vstrips of] stationery which may be led into a writingmachine having -a're' ciprocatingr carriage, and more particularly to a carrier which is mounted byparallel links.' on a.

base in rear of the-writing machine, so thati'the stationery container may swing bodily With re.- spect to the baser in auparallelfmovement, so that the stationery leads directly into the .platen carriage Without, twisting.'

Theprimary object ofthe invention is to provide a stationery carrier which is supported independently of the platen carriagey but will swing transversely with it. A

Another object of the invention isto provide 'Another object .of the invention is to .provide a carrier made up of aseries ofrstacked members which may be built up or reduced to accommodate the number of separate strips required.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple adjustable stop to limit the lateral movement of the stationery holder with respect to the base.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in

which y Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a device embodying the invention and shown connected to a Writing machine which is indicated by broken lines on a desk; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken as indicated at line 2--2 of Fig. 4; Fig. 3, a fragmentary sectional view, taken as indicated at line 3--3 of Fig. 6; Fig. 4.a sectional view, taken as indicated at line 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a fragmentary plan view, showing in dotted lines the various positions of movement; Fig. 6, a plan sectional view, taken as indicated at line 6--6 of Fig. 1; Fig. '7, a perspective view of one of the stationery trays; and Fig. 8, a fragmentary elevational view of the adjustable stop member.

In the embodiment illustrated, a heavy base member 9 is provided with a rearwardly extending arm I0, provided at its rear end portion with a pair of bearing sockets I2. A pair of parallel links I3 are antifrictionally journalled in the sockets I2 and extend forwardly to make an antifriction connection with a pair of bearings I4 provided on the under side of a plate I5.

The plate I is provided with a pair of downwardlyvextending studs,l I6 adapted to beengaged bygaleaf springr I1 secured to an armIS which.; may be attached iny anyA suitable Way to. thetransversely shiftable platen carriage` I9 of ag typewriter 20. The typewriter carriage usually, makes one short rapidmovementeach time a key is pressed. Heretofora it has be enproposed` to place a stationery holder directly on the type-1;

writer; carriage, but vthis has been objectionable because of the inertia of the large mass which-f must be started and stopped each time abkeylisVA pressed.A Bythe present arrangement,- the'movegf:r ment ofthe stationery holder willfbe moresmooth.. thanA the intermittent movement` of the. carriage.

rIn order to limit the, lateral movementfof .the`

stationery holder, a stop pin 2|, Preferably provided with a rubber sleevey 22is provided to en'- gage one offaseries of holes 23 provided inthe-vr arm Ill. A hole mayy be selected to .lirni tthev movement of the holder tothatof the typewriter carriage. f

In order thatthemass of the moving portions of the stationery carriage may be kept to the minimum, the arms I3 and plate I5 are preferably made of light weight metal, and the stationery holder includes a series of separable stacked trays 2l, of the type shown in Fig. 7. Each of the trays has a front stop 25, and preferably has either a window or a cut-away portion at the front, so that the operator may readily see how much stationery 26 is in the tray. Each tray is shown provided with positioning fingers 21. so that when placed in stacked position they will be held in proper alignment. Preferably, the side Wallsof each tray are provided with U- shaped slots 28, into which may be dropped the trunnions of rollers 29 which facilitate withdrawal of the zig-zag folded strip.

A cap member 30 may be provided for the top tray to cover the stationery in the top tray.

It will be understood that the trays may be made of various depths, dependent upon the supply of stationery vdesired to be carried. Also, if preferred, the trays may be made of plastic with iianged bottoms so that they may be nested in each other Without utilizing the positioning fingers.

The foregoing detailed description is given for clearness of understanding only. and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom. for some modications will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

We claim:

. 1. A support for zig-zag folded strips of sta-v tionery led to a writing machine having a re ciprocating platen carriage. comprising: a base having a main body and a rearwardly extending portion which has a pair of laterally spaced pivots at its outer end; a pair of parallel horizontal supporting links mounted on said pivots and extending forwardly so that their forward ends are substantially over the main body of the base; and a stationery holder mounted on the forward ends of said links so that it will swing bodily in a horizontal plane.

2. A support for zig-zag folded strips of stationery led to a writing machine having a. reciprocating platen carriage, comprising: a base having a main body and a rearwardly extendingportion which has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures therein and a pair of laterally spaced pivots at its outer end; a pair of parallel horizontal supporting links mounted on said piv' ots and extending forwardly so that their forward ends are substantially over the main body of the base; a stationery holder mounted 'on the forward ends of said links so that it will swing bodily with respect to said base in a horizontal plane; and a stop pin inserted in one of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures in said rearwardly extending portion so as to adjustably limit the swinging movement of the holder in two directions.

3. In combination: a writing machine having an'intermittently movable reciprocating platen carriage;` a base; a pair of parallel horizontal supporting links each having one end pivoted on said base; a stationery holder mounted on the free ends of said links so that said holderwill swing bodily with respect to said base in a horizontal plane; and a yielding driving member extending between said platen carriage and the stationery holder so as to swing the holder smoothly in timed relation to intermittent movement of said platen carriage.

4. In combination: a writing machine having an intermittently movable reciprocating platen aeiopa carriage; a base having a main body and a rearwardly extending portion which has a pair of laterally spaced pivots at its outer end; a pair of parallel horizontal supporting links mounted on said pivots and extending forwardly so that their forward ends are substantially over the main body of the base; a stationery holder mounted on the forward ends of said links so that it will swing bodily with respect to said base in a horizontal plane; and a yielding driving member extending between said platen carriage and the stationery holder so as to swing the holder smoothly in timed relation with intermittent movement of said platen carriage.

5. In a support for zig-zag folded strips of stationery led to a writing machine having a reciprocating platen carriage, a stationery holder comprising a plurality of separable trays formed of -thin sheet material, each of said trays having side walls with notches therein and a bottom provided at itsforward end with an upstanding stop member to retain a pack of zigzag folded stationery in the tray, a plurality of removable rollers supported in the notches in the side walls of each of said trays, and downwardly projecting elements at the bottom of each tray engaging the side walls of the next lower tray sov as to detachably retain said trays in xed relationship.

LESTER K. FLEISCHMANN. BERNARD A. SCHROEDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 'file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date '731,187 Irish June 16, 1903 1,920,640 Hano Aug. 1, 1933 2,021,847 Antrim Nov. 19, 1935 2,104,484 Janney Jan. 4, 1938 

